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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Seed give away/exchange and an online discount deal

As you know I got another lovely package recently from MrFothergills and it contained grass seeds. I am not sure that grasses will grow very well in my climate so I would like to offer them as a giveaway. I know some of my readers live in very dry areas where I think the grasses will do well. These are the grasses I received:

Blue fescue.....................Green fountain...................Snowy woodrush
and bunny tails
These are type of plants that grow well in my area, the gingers, they just soak up all the moisture they can get, their little pockets are always filled with rainwater. Somehow I think grasses are not in the same category.

I think I might keep the bunny tails and try them in my white pots, since the bamboo plants I have in them at the moment are looking very straggly and uninteresting. The Blue fescue, Green fountain and snowy woodrush are up for grabs. This time the give-away will be more of a seed swap, just to shake things up a little. I am looking for corn, snow peas, malabar spinach, and trombonchino squash, so the first three people who comment offering me any of those seeds get their first choice. If you have other seeds on offer give it a go - you might have something else I want to try. Of course this is only open to Australia - sorry we can't send or receive seeds out of the country.

Even if you don't want to enter this give-away do check out the special autumn seed offer that MrFothergills has available - 10% discount for online orders, enter code MAR13 when placing your order - this offer closes March 19th - my birthday :) so hurry.

I am going to be setting up my little gardeners seed pots ( lemon balm and mini tomato) this weekend as the grands will be visiting.

They loved having their own little pots (I was the caretaker) last year. These little kits are marvellous for kids. We are still having quite a bit of rain, but these pots create their own little greenhouse so I think will do just fine.

6 comments:

Wow those 'beehives' are looking so marvellous! I love to see them popping out like that. They look kind of strange yet attractive. When the flowers appear from those 'holes', they make the hive look really sweet looking. Enjoy your gardening time with your grands :-)

Well good luck to the seed winners in advance. I was getting all excited about exchanging seeds when I read that just like us, seeds can't be sent or received in Australia.My beehive gingers have not flowered as yet, just lots of foliage for now, but yours look great.Have fun with the grandkids seed planting.

Stephanie,Yes I am glad that I moved that plant from the very back of the garden to where it is more visible.Dewberry,Yes it is an easy name to remember!Virginia and Giga,Yes I am sorry I cannot send overseas - we did have fun!Kim,I know people in colder climates grow ginger in a greenhouse. This is not the edible ginger.

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Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables, they probably get jet-lagged, just like people do - Elizabeth Berry

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more,

but in developing the capacity to enjoy less

- paraphrased from Socrates quote

“See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa

Nature in all its diversity grants us a glimpse into the heart of God the Father which is nothing but Love.

It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you seeHendry David Thoreau

Making a garden is not a gentle hobby for the elderly,to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole, and once it has done so he will have to acceptthat his life is going to be radically changed. May SartonPlant Dreaming Deep, 1983

When the trees sing,It doesn't really matterIf you know the song, Or if you know the words,Or even if you know the tune.What really matters is knowing ....That the trees are singing at all.Mattie Stepanek, 1990-2004

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walkor an evening saunter;to be thrilled by the stars at night:to be elated over a bird's nestor a wildflower in spring... these are some of the rewards of the simple life.John Burroughs, 1837-1921

Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau

“Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.” ~ Charles M. Schulz

You who walkmaybe with troubled thoughts....Come, enter here and restand may the sweet serenityof growing things....and the heavenly peacebe mirrored in thy soul.by Michael Palmer

Gods GardenThe Lord God planted a gardenIn the first white days of the world,And he set there an angel wardenIn a garment of light enfurled.So near to the peace of HeavenThat the hawk might nest with the wren,For there in the cool of the evenGod walked with the first of men.And I dream that these garden closesWith their shade and their sun-flecked sodAnd their lilies and bowers of roses,Were laid by the hand of God.The kiss of the sun for pardon,The song of the birds for mirth, -One is nearer God’s heart in a gardenThan anywhere else on earth.For He broke it for us in a gardenUnder the olive-treesWhere the angel of strength was the wardenAnd the soul of the world found ease.Dorothy Francis Gurney

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.Mary Jean Iron

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.Albert Einstein

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."~ John Lubbock******************************************************